Top 10 Cities in Europe: Readers' Choice Awards 2013

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October 15, 2013

Condé Nast Traveler readers voted Budapest, Hungary the number one city in Europe. Read about all of the best hotels, resorts, airlines, and cruise lines in the world in our Readers' Choice Awards 2013.

Kraków boasts "beautiful architecture and old charm," leaving visitors with something to "always cherish and remember." In addition to having many cultural and historical sights of its own, this Polish city is also "centrally located for different side trips." The restaurants are "very quaint with excellent food and reasonable prices."

Called a "timeless place where one needs only to soak in the ambience," Siena has so much to offer that even one reader, who has been to the city 18 times, is still finding new food and cultural experiences. Others praise it as "quieter than Rome and Florence, but jam-packed with history and culture amid rolling Tuscan hillsides."

Rome has "endless exploration opportunities." "It is not a one-time destination so you can return again and again and always see something new." "Food, restaurants, service people, and easiness of getting around are better than any American city."

San Sebastian

Which city can rightly be called the food capital of Europe? No, not Paris. Copenhagen? Try San Sebastián, a Basque beauty with stunning coastline and serious culinary cred: It just happens to have a slew Michelin stars—16 and counting. And the food is the main reason our readers rave about it. All you need to do here is "eat, eat, and eat."

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Salzburg

Salzburg, Austria

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Budapest

The "classic masterpiece" of a city gives off a "different feeling than other European cities." There is "so much to see, great food and easy navigation," one reader said. The "gorgeous residences and buildings" are "gracious and grand." "Everything about Budapest was entrancing."

The art-centric Florence boasts "food out of this world." This Italian city was not only a hit with the thousands of readers who participated in our survey this year, but it was also the location chosen by our 2012 Dream Trip Photo Contest winner—after winning a $25,000 trip of a lifetime, Florence is where he wanted to take his family.